United Nations defines disaster is the occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of society or community. In January 2010 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti caused>200‚000 deaths thousands of injuries requiring immediate surgical interventions‚ and 1.5 million internally displaced survivors. The earthquake destroyed most medical facilities in the city seriously preventing the ability to deliver immediate help. Community nurse can
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other staff members sometimes do not do enough to prevent pressure ulcers. “The vast majority of pressure ulcers are the result of poor nursing care” (Moore‚ 2012). Preventing pressure ulcers at NHS became a main safety concern. NHS wanted to prevent grade two‚ three‚ and four pressure ulcers from happening. First‚ they had to all start using the same
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Patient Falls and Prevention in Health Care Patient falls are a significant representation of adverse events in health care organizations worldwide. There are several common risk factors intrinsic to patients‚ which include reduced vision‚ musculoskeletal disease‚ altered mental state‚ history of falls‚ and other chronic diseases. Health care organizations are expected to focus on those intrinsic factors as well as the extrinsic‚ which are those present in their patient’s environment. For example
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Childhood Obesity Prevention Marie King English Composition II ENG122 Instructor: Fatima Lim-Wilson October 19‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Prevention What is Childhood Obesity? The American Academy of Pediatrics defines it as: “an excess percentage of body weight due to fat that puts people at risk for many health problems. In children older than two years of age‚ obesity is assessed by a measure called the Body Mass Index (BMI)” (American Academy of Pediatrics). Childhood obesity is such
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Crime Prevention Jamal Sanchez Bush Crime Prevention CJ212 June 21‚ 2011 Introduction Crime prevention has influenced by so many fields like sociology‚ psychology‚ criminology‚ urban planning and design‚ health care‚ education‚ community development‚ economics & social work‚ among the others. This paper focuses on the dominant approaches to crime prevention which is currently used by law enforcement‚ courts‚ and corrections. The dominant approaches to crime prevention are situational
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Tavaski Gordon March 27‚ 2013 External Loss Prevention External theft is often caused by shoplifting‚ break-ins‚ robberies or other acts by outside sources. Although it does not cause as much loss overall compared to internal theft (National Retail Security Survey‚ 2008)‚ shoplifting and external theft most certain causes a substantial amount of loss annually to the retail industry (National Retail Security Survey‚ 2008). Controlling external theft requires a commitment to educating your employees
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stop the circumstances from beginning. But in reality‚ that is easier said than done because of the complexity of the prevention. After all‚ sexual violence is not necessary a crime that is placed in the public eye. On the other hand‚ some acts of sexual assault can be witnessed by others because of the lack of privacy where the crime is been committed. Meanwhile‚ prevention efforts should ultimately decrease the number of individuals who perpetrate sexual violence
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Virus Attack Prevention Based on Hulme (2004) article‚ many companies are now using firewalls‚ antivirus software and intrusion detection systems‚ but hackers and worms still break through business systems and cause serious damage. Lately it seems that more and more prevention and protection is required. Based on the article‚ attacks such as Blaster‚ MyDoom‚ and Witty cost businesses more than ten billion dollars a year. There is a need for more intelligent shields to ward off new attacks as they
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Situational Crime Prevention Situational Crime Prevention is crucial because it eliminates certain crimes by reducing the opportunity for the reward. Most prevention can start with people locking their doors and windows‚ or placing bars on their homes and business. The opportunity for crime can happen at any time due to what the target is‚ what is motivating the offender to commit that certain crime‚ and the lack of guards in the area during the time of the incident. (Clarke) To decrease criminal
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with the intention to do harm. There are different types of violence‚ such as suicide‚ intimate partner violence‚ child abuse‚ elderly abuse‚ youth violence‚ global violence‚ and sexual violence. Violence prevention programs have been set up to help stop these issues. Suicide violence prevention involves trying to stop individuals from harming themselves. Intimate partner violence includes a relationship between a couple that has different forms of injury. This might include physical‚ emotional‚ or
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